Climate averages 1991–2020
Calumbo weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Calumbo: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zango (15 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Calumbo, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Calumbo ranks 6th of 47 for the warmest October highs and joint 16th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Calumbo is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Calumbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 71 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 72 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 32.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| June | 31.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.5 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 31.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 67 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 69 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Zango in OctoberAngola · 15 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Vila Flor in OctoberAngola · 22 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Viana in OctoberAngola · 27 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Mulenvos in OctoberAngola · 32 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Luanda in OctoberAngola · 40 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Cacuaco in OctoberAngola · 41 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Kikolo in OctoberAngola · 42 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Ramiros in OctoberAngola · 42 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Calumbo) is explained once on the Calumbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.